FOR
HIS GREAT NAME’S SAKE
BREAD
14 God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you
are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’” 15 God also said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘The
LORD, the God of your fathers--the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God
of Jacob--has sent me to you.’ This is my name forever, the name by which I am
to be remembered from generation to generation.” Exodus 3:14-15 (NIV)
7 “You
shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God, for the LORD will not hold
anyone guiltless who misuses his name.”
Exodus 20:7 (NIV)
20 “Do
not be afraid,” Samuel replied. “You have done all this evil; yet do not turn
away from the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart. 21 Do
not turn away after useless idols. They can do you no good, nor can they rescue
you, because they are useless. 22 For the sake of his great name the LORD will not
reject his people, because the LORD was pleased to make you his own.” 1 Samuel 12:20-22 (NIV)
13 “When
I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command locusts to devour
the land or send a plague among my people, 14 if
my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek
my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will
forgive their sin and will heal their land. 15 Now
my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayers offered in this
place. 16 I have chosen and consecrated this temple so that my
Name may be there forever. My eyes and my heart will always be there.” 2 Chronicles 7:13-16 (NIV)
9 “This, then, is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name.’” Matthew
6:9 (NIV)
1 The
LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want.
2 He makes me lie down in green pastures, He leads me
beside quiet waters, 3 He restores my soul. He guides me in paths of
righteousness for His name’s sake.
Psalms 23:1-3 (NIV)
6 We
have sinned, even as our fathers did; we have done wrong and acted wickedly. 7 When
our fathers were in Egypt, they gave no thought to your miracles; they did not
remember your many kindnesses, and they rebelled by the sea, the Red Sea. 8 Yet
he saved them for his name’s sake, to make his mighty power known. Psalms 106:6-8 (NIV)
8 You
have neither heard nor understood; from of old your ear has not been open. Well
do I know how treacherous you are; you were called a rebel from birth. 9 For
my own name’s sake I delay my wrath; for the sake of my praise I hold it back
from you, so as not to cut you off. 10 See, I have refined you, though not as silver; I have
tested you in the furnace of affliction. 11 For
my own sake, for my own sake, I do this. How can I let myself be defamed? I
will not yield my glory to another.
Isaiah 48:8-11 (NIV)
7 Look, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see
him, even those who pierced him; and all the peoples of the earth will mourn
because of him. So shall it be! Amen. 8 “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.” Revelation 1:7-8 (NIV)
BUTTER
“As we study the
self-given names of God, we learn that God pursues us by revealing His nature
and character to us. He shares the core of His being as the most powerful,
high, holy, and righteous God through His names El-Shaddai, Elohim,
Jehovah-Mekaddish, and Jehovah-Tsidkenu. He says, ‘I love you, child,’ by
healing us as Jehovah-Rapha and providing for us as Jehovah-Jireh. When we face
dark times and battles, He is our Banner, Jehovah-Nissi; our Shepherd,
Jehovah-Rohi; our overwhelming peace, Jehovah-Shalom; and is always present as
Jehovah-Shammah. And through His name Adonai, He tells us that we belong to
Him.” Michael Youssef
“It is, perhaps, one of the hardest struggles of the
Christian life to learn this sentence-‘Not to us, O LORD, not unto us, but to
your name give glory.’ It is a lesson that God is always teaching us, and
teaching us sometimes by the most painful discipline. Let a Christian begin to
boast, ‘I can do all things,’ without adding ‘through Christ who strengthens
me,’ and before long he will have to groan, ‘I can do nothing’ and bemoan
himself in the dust. When we do anything for the Lord, and He is pleased to
accept our doings, let us lay our crown at His feet and exclaim, ‘Not I, but
the grace of God that is with me.’” C.
H. Spurgeon revised by Alistair Begg
“God
will never fail the eyes of them that look up to Him. His people will never be ashamed to put their
hope in Him. His Name is a strong and
mighty tower. Cast your care upon Him
and He will sustain you. He will never
let the righteous fall.” BHY
“The enmity of the world is bitter in its
assault against the people of Christ. Men will forgive a thousand faults in
others, but they will magnify the most trivial offense in the followers of
Jesus. Instead of vainly regretting this, let us make it work for us, and since
so many are watching for our collapse, let it be a special time for walking
very carefully before God. If we live carelessly, the watching world will soon
see it, and multiple tongues will spread the story, exaggerated and emblazoned
by the zeal of slander. They will shout triumphantly,
‘See! See how these Christians act! They are hypocrites to everyone.’ And so
great damage will be done to the cause of Christ, and His name will be greatly
maligned. The cross of Christ is in itself an offense to the world; let us take
care that we add no offense of our own.” C. H. Spurgeon revised by Alistair Begg
“For Christians, ‘for the glory of God’ is not a throwaway
phrase. It is profoundly relevant, and transforming, on a daily and weekly
basis in how we live, and how we speak. Jesus’s teaching — even more
convincingly than His spectacular works — demonstrated to the world that He was
true. His enemies could sense it, and couldn’t help but admit, ‘You are true
and do not care about anyone’s opinion. For you are not swayed by appearances,
but truly teach the way of God’ (Mark 12:14). ‘Teacher, we know that you speak
and teach rightly, and show no partiality, but truly teach the way of God’
(Luke 20:21).” David Mathis
“Though troubles
assail us and dangers affright, Though friends should all fail us and foes all
unite, Yet one thing secures us, whatever betide, The promise assures us, ‘The
Lord will provide’. The birds, without
garner or storehouse, are fed; From them let us learn to trust God for our
bread. His saints what is fitting shall
ne’er be denied. So long as ‘tis
written, ‘The Lord will provide’. When
Satan assails us to stop up our path, and courage all fails us, we triumph by
faith. He cannot take from us, though
oft he has tried, This heart cheering promise, ‘The Lord will provide’. No strength of our own and no goodness we
claim; Yet, since we have known of the Savior’s great name, In this our strong
tower for safety we hide: The Lord is
our power, ‘The Lord will provide’.”
John Newton
“He that is
mastered by Christ is the master of every circumstance.” Cowman
HEART SAVOR
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His Name is above
all Names – He alone is to be glorified.
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His Name is a
mighty tower to which His children flee.
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What do you have
that you did not receive? And if you
received it why would you boast? The One
Who gives the power gets the glory.
